Gender and Race
of Death Row Inmates

Most (61.6%) Inmates on Death Row are White

Death row inmates can be distinguished from other inmates
by their orange t-shirts.

The state of Florida was given the authority to execute
inmates by the 1923 Legislature.

The U.S. Supreme Court declared capital punishment unconstitutional
in 1972 in Furman vs. Georgia. In 1976 the Furman decision
was overturned, upholding the constitutionality of the death
penalty, which was resumed in Florida in 1979 with the execution
of John Spenkelink.

Male inmates under sentence of death are housed at Union
CI or Florida State Prison. Female death row inmates reside
at Broward CI in Pembroke Pines.